Bristle comb



Jam-'9, 1923.

M. L FITZPATRIGK.

' BR|STL E COMB. FILED AUG. 10, 1922.

Patented Jan. 9, lhiill i.

MEDERIG L. FITZPATBIGK, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y.

BRISTLE COMB.

Application filed August 10, 1922. fierial No. 580,939.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Mnnnnic L. FITZ- PATRICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of New York, N. T, have invented newand useful. Improvements in Bristle Combs, which invention is fully setforth in the following specification.

This invention relates to combs, and more i nirticiilarly to a combprovided with brush bristles to the end that both the combing andbrushing action on the hair may be si' multaneously accomplished withthe same instrument. The object of the invention is to provide a combstructure which will serve the ordinary purposes of a comb to straightenor arrange the hair strands approximately parallel with each other, andat the same time and by the same operation brush the individual hairs soas to effectively remove dust or dirt therefrom and impart the gloss andfinish to the tresses resulting from the ordinary use of a brush.

With this object in view, the invention consists of a body or backportion con'ipose d of any suitable material, in which back portion isarranged a series of teeth each of which teeth supports a mass of brushbristles radiating from the teeth.

The inventive idea is capable of receiving a variety of mechanicalexpressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustrating; theinvention, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which i Fig. l is aside elevation;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation; and

liig. 3 is a diagram of one of the teeth.

ln said drawings, 1 indicates the back or body portion composed of anysuitable material, as wood, hard rubbencelluloid or the like, and 2indicates the teeth mounted in said body portion in'any suitable ordesired manner. These teeth may be variously formed, but as here shownthey consist of a plurality of wires spirally twisted together with acontinuous mass of brush bristles 3 secured between the twists of thewires. These wires, with the bristles secured thereto, are cut insuitable lengths to form the teeth. Preferably, however, each tooth ismade or" a single piece oi? wire bent sharply at its central portion andthen the two pertions ot' the wire spirally twisted together with thebrushing bristles enclosed in the twists thereof. This forms the-tip endof each one of the teeth of a smooth rounded portion of the wire, asshown in Fig. 3, the two ends of the wire forming the portion of thetooth that is anchored or set into the back of the comb.

It will be observed that the teeth are so spaced and the length of thebristles are such that the bristles of one tooth overlap the bristles ofthe next adjacent 500th and that at the outer end of the tooth thebristles are shortened so that the mass of bristles tapers toward theouter end of the tooth in a conical form. In use the teeth themselvesserve, when drawn through the hair, to arrange the strands of hairparallel as with an ordinary comb and at the same time, i. e., si-

multaneously with the combing action, the

brush bristles coact with each other to impart an efiicient cleansingand brushing acion to the individual hairs. 1

lVhat is claimed is z- 1. A comb comprising a back portion, a series ofteeth arranged along said back portion, and brushing bristles on saidteeth.

:2. A comb comprising a back portion, a series of uniformly spaced teetharranged along said back portion, and brushing bristles radiating fromthe teeth.

3. A comb comprising a back portion, a series of uniformly spaced teethmounted on said back portion and projecting atright angles therefrom,and brushing bristles radiating from said teeth parallel with the backportion, the bristles on one tooth overlapping those on the adjacenttooth.

i. A comb comprising a back portion, a series of teeth arranged along);said back portion, and brushing bristles on said teeth, the bristles onadjacent teeth overlapping for a part of the length of the teeth andthen tapering conically to the. extreme outer end of each tooth.- v

5. A comb comprising a back portion, a series of teeth arranged on saidback portion, said teeth consisting of twisted wire and brushingbristles secured in the twists of the wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specific ation. I

MEDERIC L. FITZPATRICK.

